Rising Sun (film)

Rising Sun
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhilip Kaufman
Screenplay by
Based onRising Sun
by Michael Crichton
Produced byPeter Kaufman
Starring
CinematographyMichael Chapman
Edited by
Music byTōru Takemitsu
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • July 30, 1993 (1993-07-30)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Budget$40 million[1]
Box office$107.2 million[2]

Rising Sun is a 1993 American buddy cop crime thriller film directed by Philip Kaufman, who also wrote the screenplay with Michael Crichton and Michael Backes. The film stars Sean Connery (who was also an executive producer), Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Tia Carrere, Mako and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. It was based on Michael Crichton's 1992 novel Rising Sun.[3]

  1. ^ "The Fugitive' busts out at top of box office". Upi.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rising Sun". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Variety film review; August 2, 1993.